Don't bring a knife to a brush fight!
"Cerveza Time" 16 x 20 in Acrylic on Canvas Click here to purchase or view lare "Looking In" 22 x 28 in Acrylic on Canvas Click here to view prints Both of these paintings were supposed to be done with a painting knife. However, fate had other plans. As I worked in the lights and darks on Looking In, I realized I wouldn't get the texture I wanted on the sari unless I used sweeping brush strokes. The "first draft" of this piece had way too much in the background, so I knocked it back to a flat sky, grass, the woman, and the couple. The woman's clothing and pose were what inspired the photo I took (at the Temecula Wine and Balloon Festival), so I wanted the focus to be on that. This painting went through many "drafts," since I painted it without much of a plan in a quick afternoon session while the baby was asleep. In contrast, Cerveza Time was done for the most part in one long session. I didn't do as much "revisio...